Posthumous means an event which happens to a person after his death. For instant, an award conferred on a soldier after his death is known as a posthumous award. Similarly a child who is born after the death of his or her father is known to be a posthumous child. Posthumous names are usually employed when naming most royalty in places like China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. In China and Vietnam, posthumous names are also given as a tribute to lifetime achievements of people who were not related to the emperor, but were in the kingdom. A posthumous book or novel is one which is published after the death of the author.
In catholic tradition, a person is recognised as a saint or a doctor of the church, posthumously. There are posthumous pardons which are actually acquittals granted if it is found out a person was wrongfully convicted after his execution or death in prison. Since 1974, no Nobel Prize nominations were to be made posthumously, which means that the nominees must be alive at the time of nominations.
In catholic tradition, a person is recognised as a saint or a doctor of the church, posthumously. There are posthumous pardons which are actually acquittals granted if it is found out a person was wrongfully convicted after his execution or death in prison. Since 1974, no Nobel Prize nominations were to be made posthumously, which means that the nominees must be alive at the time of nominations.
